Introduction: The 67 Words That Redrew the Map On November 2, 1917, the British Foreign Secretary, Arthur Balfour, dispatched a private letter to Lord Rothschild, a figurehead of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation. The text contained within the letter was brief—comprising a mere 67 words of operative policy—but its implications … Continue reading The Third Promise: The Balfour Declaration and the Strategic Revision of Sykes-Picot